I Introduce To You...

Lens Flare. Have you met him yet? I have just recently been aquainted with him and he and I are becoming quite chummie buddies. Allow me the honor...

This was a shot I took while on our trip to Washinton D.C. We had the opportunity to visit the National Cathedral. Well, let me back up. With a over stimulated, hungary, don't want to sit in the stroller toddler, we were able to touch our feet to the floor and that's about it. And get this quick shot.

OK, back to the introductions. This first shot is the straight out of the camera shot. Very blah and very boring and just all wrong. The only editing I did was to resize it for the web.



This leds me to my next visual for today's post. Here is my edited version and do you see that bright light in the distance? That, my friends, is lens flare. Kinda adds an angelic feel don't ya think?

There are so many things you can do with this filter. Let me also state that I am opporating in Photoshop CS3 so if you're in another editing program it may be in a different location. To access this fun little trick go to filter>render>lens flare. I used the 105mm prime lens and adjusted the opacity however, you can use any effects you'd like.

Take this next picture as an example. To the regular eye this is a plain garden but with Photoshop (and Lens Flare) I have created an enchanted garden. Fun, huh?

Go ahead. Don't be shy. Introduce yourself and you'll be friends for life.